Bill S-18

This enactment amends the Food and Drugs Act to include water in a community water system as a food subject to federal regulation and approval. Systems that serve fewer than 25 persons or that operate less than 30 days a year are excluded.

The Act is amended to include any place where water destined to be drinking water is accumulated or collected or where any activity takes place that assists in the accumulation or collection of water, if the water will ultimately be distributed for human consumption. Thus it allows for inspection of lands that form part of the watershed or area from which drinking water is taken.

It also allows for the inspection of any place from which contaminants may escape into a drinking water source.